There’s a ten year or so old documentary of freak weather or tornadoes, can’t remember, but an isolated twister nailed some large picnic down in Texas.

Local tv crew heads out, and they put the camera on in the vehicle as the skies darkened, and baseball-size hail pounded, and finally broke through the windshield as they were stuck at a traffic light.

I’m not doubting it was bad, but one needs to use the word “drifts” when referring to 4 to 6 feet of hail. Without the photos, the words give an impression of that level of hail everywhere, which doesn’t appear to be the case.

All the more reason that people from California and Damned Yankeeland should stay out of Texas. It is crazy and dangerous here. The winters are brutal, the summers are hot, and the insects are so large that we put saddles on them.

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posted on 04/12/2012 11:43:47 AM PDT
by TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)

The hail was the size of grapefruit. Bigger than softballs. It was hitting the streets and bouncing back up in the air 10-15 feet. Roof damage all over the areas where the stones were falling from the sky.

The people out at Mayfest had no cover. I believe the fatality was a Fort Worth police officer who was sheltering a child during the hailstorm. I can remember video of big holes in the tarps people had strung over the booths at Mayfest as sunshades.

All the more reason that people from California and Damned Yankeeland should stay out of Texas. It is crazy and dangerous here. The winters are brutal, the summers are hot, and the insects are so large that we put saddles on them.

My younger daughter in Austin (former California gal) was telling us a couple days ago that she had to scoot tarantula spiders off her deck. Said with the legs they were about 4 inches in diameter.

Come on down, Powder. You’re a FReeper, the kind of Yankee we welcome.

Yeah, I know. Virginia was in the Confederacy, but way far north.

Don’t worry about tornados and hail and dust storms and heat waves and lightning and hurricanes and drought and, lately, earthquakes. Texas is big, and Texans are hospitable, so you always have room to duck and someone to take you in.

Yep right at the carson potter county line on the fritch highway and then up north on 287 to dumas..... it was deep pea sized hail. Guys came into work brought pics in of the piles of it and dumped bags of it this morning in the break room........:o)

Amarillo to Dumas on 287 was still closed this AM for folks I work with that live up there.. It messed up some stuff !

Good news is the mud slides are putting out the wildfires !!!......(Johnny Carson)

Pretty Bad......:o)

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posted on 04/12/2012 2:38:55 PM PDT
by Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)

So I’ve heard. I was quite surprised when I visited Austin a couple months ago and stayed a week. Not that much different than a central California town in the makeup and attitudes of people. But still no where near as crazy as west coast towns where liberal stupidity is constantly thrown in one’s face. Remember, not all California is nuts. Then again, the SF loons decide how the state does things. Texas is much saner.

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